Recent and future trends of beach zone evolution in relation to its physical characteristics: The case of the almiros bay (Island of Crete, south Aegean sea)

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-113

  Petrakis, S ^a   Alexandrakis, G ^a,b   Poulos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erosion; Land loss; N. crete; Shoreline retreat; Touristic beaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899967704     PISSN: 17907632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.000898     Document Type: Article

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